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• Man has new perspective on life after surviving mass shooting in Las Vegas
• Republicans Make A Political Calculus On State And Local Tax Deduction
• Europe is Betraying Afghanistan By Sending Its Refugees Home
• Thursday's Morning Email: Momentum Grows In Congress For 'Bump Stock' Ban
• Being overweight or obese can cause damaging changes to the heart
• Syria fighting worst since Aleppo, air strikes deadly: aid agencies
• Congressional Republicans eye 'bump stocks' after Las Vegas massacre
• The most affordable times to travel to bucket list destinations: TripAdvisor
• Erdogan says Turkey will close Iraq border and air space soon
• Study: Over half of for-profit students defaulted on loans

Man has new perspective on life after surviving mass shooting in Las Vegas Posted: 06 Oct 2017 05:21 AM PDT Ben Daish, a Chicago native, evaded and survived the barrage of bullets streaming down from shooter Stephen Paddock's 32nd floor Mandalay Bay Hotel room on Sunday evening in Las Vegas -- and has since garnered a new appreciation for life. "People started hitting the ground, one woman said 'I'm hit' when I saw the bullet in her leg," Daish told KTVI. Daish made plans with friends and family to visit Las Vegas before attending a finance conference in St. Louis. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Republicans Make A Political Calculus On State And Local Tax Deduction Posted: 06 Oct 2017 03:23 AM PDT WASHINGTON ― Republicans from some blue states want their constituents to believe they've extracted major tax reform concessions from GOP leadership on the state and local tax deduction, a write-off that mostly benefits highly taxed areas. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Europe is Betraying Afghanistan By Sending Its Refugees Home Posted: 06 Oct 2017 12:13 AM PDT Thousands of Afghans have been returned from Europe only to be killed, injured, or left to live in constant fear This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Thursday's Morning Email: Momentum Grows In Congress For 'Bump Stock' Ban Posted: 05 Oct 2017 11:36 PM PDT TOP STORIES (And want to get The Morning Email each weekday? This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Being overweight or obese can cause damaging changes to the heart Posted: 05 Oct 2017 10:21 PM PDT A new UK study has found that being overweight or obese can change the structure of the heart, which could lead to heart disease and failure. Carried out by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), the teamed used data from 4,561 people to show the direct damage that can happen to the heart's weight and size from carrying extra weight. The team used cardiac magnetic resonance imaging to study the structure and function of the hearts of the participants, and looked at the effects of modifiable risk factors, including blood pressure, smoking status, body mass index (BMI), exercise, cholesterol, alcohol intake and diabetes, on the four chambers of the heart. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Syria fighting worst since Aleppo, air strikes deadly: aid agencies Posted: 05 Oct 2017 08:55 PM PDT By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria is in the throes of its worst fighting since the battle for eastern Aleppo last year, with heavy air strikes causing hundreds of civilian casualties, aid agencies said on Thursday. Hospitals, schools and people fleeing violence have been "targeted by direct air strikes" that may amount to war crimes, the United Nations said, without apportioning blame. Russia and a U.S.-led coalition are carrying out separate air strikes in Syria ostensibly aimed at defeating Islamic State militants. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Congressional Republicans eye 'bump stocks' after Las Vegas massacre Posted: 05 Oct 2017 08:39 PM PDT Republican lawmakers on Thursday said they would look into "bump stock" gun accessories after a retiree used rifles equipped with them to rain gunfire onto a Las Vegas concert, killing 58 people in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The influential National Rifle Association, which has opposed efforts to pass federal gun legislation following past mass shootings, said it would not oppose the move. It said the devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to behave as fully automatic weapons should be subject to additional regulations. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

The most affordable times to travel to bucket list destinations: TripAdvisor Posted: 05 Oct 2017 06:28 PM PDT Bali has emerged the top bucket list destination among TripAdvisor travelers. And now experts at the online travel site have compiled a guide on the most affordable times to visit some of the most popular bucket list destinations around the world.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Erdogan says Turkey will close Iraq border and air space soon Posted: 05 Oct 2017 04:50 PM PDT By Ece Toksabay and Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey would soon close its border with northern Iraq and shut its air space in response to last week's Kurdish independence referendum. Erdogan, who held talks in Tehran on Wednesday with Iranian leaders, also said Turkey would decide jointly with Iran and Iraq's central government in Baghdad whether to cut oil exports from Kurdish northern Iraq. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Study: Over half of for-profit students defaulted on loans Posted: 05 Oct 2017 04:13 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Students who attended for-profit colleges were twice as likely or more to default on their loans than students who attended public schools, according to a federal study published Thursday. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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